• H&E Innnovation, LLC et al. v. Shinhan Bank America, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grace Tillman, Richard Wayne (Richard C. Wayne & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mitchell Rosen, Christopher Hoffman (Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A2138

    The trial court erred in denying defendants' motion to enforce a settlement agreement because the rules of contract construction and the uncontroverted parol evidence resolved the ambiguity in the agreement in favor of defendants.

  • Malak v. Unifund CCR, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mohamad Malak, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brannon Carson (Roosen, Varchetti & Olivier PLLC), Atlanta; David Fife (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Mark Moore (Lazega & Johanson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0748

    In entering judgment against debtor in a suit on a credit card account, the trial court relied on inadmissible evidence and the wrong legal standard; accordingly, the Court remanded the case for the trial court to issue a new order on the bench trial based on properly admitted evidence.